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By Matt Grobar Senior Film Reporter August 18, 2025 8:42am L-R: ‘The Lucky Ones’ and author Mae NgaiNate Saliccioli/Faceout Studio/Brian McConkey EXCLUSIVE: William Mundell’s Neurosphere Entertainment has acquired film and TV rights to The Lucky Ones: One Family and the Extraordinary Invention of Chinese America, historian Mae Ngai‘s work of nonfiction that tells a multigenerational story of trailblazers in the […]

Hannah Romero, Editor | Sep 04, 2025 One hundred and forty years to the day since Chinese miners in Rock Springs were attacked and murdered, their descendants gathered near the site of the massacre. There they honored the memories of those who died and commemorated the event with the unveiling of a new statue called “Requiem.”

By Naman Ramachandran Richard Harbaugh / ©A.M.P.A.S. Korean entertainment giant CJ ENM is doubling down on its commitment to Asian storytelling with the launch of First Light StoryHouse, a new label designed to elevate Asian and Asian American narratives on the global stage. The venture was conceived and will be jointly overseen by three founding partners: CJ vice chair Miky

With her introspective new release, the Icelandic jazzpop phenom is flipping the record. But will her superfans follow her to the dark side? By Nicole Fell August 22, 2025 9:00am Laufey was photographed Aug. 11 at PMC Studios in New York. Bode dress and shoes; Marlo Laz jewelry. Photographed by Jingyu Lin  “The world has come to know me

Cecilia Lei Sep 2, 2025 Updated Sep 5, 2025 Photograph of Yick Wo Laundry, In re Wo Lee, case file 3947 (NAID 348094304); Civil and Appellate Case Files, 1863–1911 (NAID 295935); U.S. Circuit Court, Ninth Circuit, Northern District of California, San Francisco (USCC San Francisco); RG 21, NARA San Francisco.  (Courtesy of the National Archives at

By Brad Lendon Updated Aug. 31st, 2025 Flying Tiger pilot Robert T. Smith snapped this photo of his squadron in flight over China on May 28, 1942. (Photograph by Robert T. Smith/Courtesy Brad Smith) Consider this job offer: A one-year contract to live and work in China, flying, repairing and making airplanes. Pay is as

Ethnic studies are under attack. Along with any curriculum demonized and dubbed “DEI” (formerly, and more accurately, known as “diversity, equity and inclusion”), the Trump administration is targeting everything from reading lists to history lessons for cuts and systematically eliminating inclusive curriculum and programming from schools. Does that stop ethnic studies advocates? Absolutely not. Art

Honoring the Past, Building a Pan-Asian Future   By Kim Kisner After decades of dormancy, Detroit’s historic Chinatown is stirring with renewed purpose. The neighborhood near Cass and Peterboro—once home to thriving Chinese American businesses and cultural hubs—is undergoing a revival driven by a coalition of residents, business owners, and community leaders committed to honoring

  Forty-three years ago this month, Vincent Chin, a Detroit area Chinese American, was beaten to death with a baseball bat. Hiskilling and subsequent court proceedings marked the beginning of the modern Asian American civil rights movement nationwide. That story has been extensively reported, including an award-winning 1987 documentary “Who Killed Vincent Chin?” co-produced by Detroit PBS.

Offered by Chair Vega Pederson Commissioner Moyer Commissioner Brim-Edwards Commissioner Singleton Commissioner Jones-Dixon Communications Office June 26, 2025 Decades after Multnomah County bulldozed the graves of Chinese and Chinese American residents for a maintenance building and parking lot, the Board of Commissioners formally acknowledged and apologized for the harm, expressing sincere regret to families and